First World War internee Elimar Schluter, Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1918
Scope & Content: The identification of Elimar Schluter is derived from the prisoner number 27674 which is marked on the glass plate, and comparison with the repatriation lists which appear on the ICRC website. He arrived in Knockaloe from Alexandra Palace on 27/9/16. His Red Cross information bureau number was 51681. He first appears on a list of prisoners dated 10/6/1916 and is recorded at a prisoner at Eastcote camp, Northants. Date of birth shown as 21/4/1879, recorded as 'LW' (Landwehr) home address: Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, Canary Islands & Louise Schluter, Hamburg 31, Armbrusterstr 4/II. Born Brake a/d W. Oldenburg. There is a record of their marriage in Hamburg in 1913.
There is a death record on Ancestry for an Elimar Georg Heinrich Schluter, home address Hamburg Armbrustrasse 4, who died 16 June 1942 (born 21 April 1879) occupation Ship's Engineer, status widower. The death was registered by the Police president of Hamburg and the cause of death was recorded as suicide.
Nationality: German
Language: English
Extent: overall: 16 cm x 12 cm
Physical description: Black & white glass half-plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/7870/38813
Subject tags : studio portrait.